He had secured a copy of the morning paper and was pretending to be interested in the news he was reading.
Suddenly he partly dropped the paper as in the crowd he discovered the canal-man, who had demanded their bond at Cape Vincent. For some reason which George was unable to understand he did not advance to the boat, preferring to remain on the outskirts of the little assembly. The fact, however, that the man was there was in itself somewhat startling.
Still pretending to be interested in his paper, George did his utmost to follow the actions of the man whom he had discovered, but not many minutes had elapsed before he departed from the dock.
When his friends returned the strange man had not come back.
"Did anything happen?" inquired Fred eagerly as he stepped on board.
"What did you think was going to happen?" answered George somewhat evasively.
"I didn't think anything was," laughed Fred. "Sam is the only one who is worried."
"Well, he has some right to be worried, I guess," said George slowly.
"Why, what's wrong? What happened?" demanded Fred excitedly.
"Are you ready to explain what you did with that bond that belongs to the Go Ahead boys?" asked George slowly.